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There are not financlial assistance, because in reality VB, VFP, .NET apps, etc. sales Windows and Offices. Absent odf that kind of product stop wide distribution of the Linux OS.
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The platform drives applications. Applications do not drive the platform. Look at VS .NET. The framework has essentially encapsulated services offered by Windows. Increasingly, more and more has been lumped into the platform - and applications leverage that.

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